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Work for a Government and Rake in Bucks
SurfPuppy yapped: "Do you have any idea what the MEDIAN income is in Richmond??? It is LESS THAN $20K per year-one of the LOWEST in this state. 20% of the population lives in poverty." Wouldn't doubt it. Poverty and crime go together like bread and butter. Hence the need for cops. "So tell me WHY ON EARTH a street cop who SERVES THE PEOPLE of Richmond should make $300K in compensation (yes, that is what they make if they are maxed out on the salary scale).That is 15 TIMES the MEDIAN INCOME. I am so sick and tired of people like you making stupid and ridiculous comments like a street level cop should be paid 1500% MORE than the median income for the muni. They make MORE than a doctor, lawyer, CPA, dentist, [insert any profession here that requires 7-15 years of college of which only the smartest are accepted]." Doctors, lawyers, CPAs and dentists get to work indoors and not get shot at. "I don't care where YOU would work-there are 100's (cops) and 1,000's (FF's) of applicants for those jobs-because they are over paid and over benefited." Cite, please? How many of them qualify? "BTW-Oakland is every bit as rough and tough as Richmond," Agreed. They're right next to each other, in the East Bay. "...as is East Palo Alto" Don't know, but doubt it. "...and a number of others areas in the Bay Area." Uh, no. Oakland and Richmond are by far the worst. The charming little hamlet of Richmond: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIhUWLwkFdk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ieBxuhMIo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgM7tEaWDVw&featur… Stopping copying links at THIS VERY MOMENT because the 5:00 pm News is doing a story on "Richmond Violence." Missed the main story, but now they're talking about a shooting at a church, and a gang rape of a high school student. These are within the last few months. Here's the gang rape story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuA5DFzDKkE The church shooting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHGO1gvKOzk A couple more murders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I1Be3RFtho Need some more, SP? Or are you all ready to plan your next vacation in Richmond? Or better yet, apply to be an "overpaid" cop there.— March 6, 2010 5:15 p.m.
Peanut and Tiger
Oh yeeeeaaah! Thanks, Squirrel! You know, Grant, when I was able to see that face on Tiger, the first thing that popped into my head was the Hindu god/dess Shiva. I had totally forgotten (consciously, at least) that Shiva is associated with the tiger. Interpretations as to why vary considerably: http://www.webonautics.com/mythology/shiva.html http://www.sanatansociety.org/hindu_gods_and_godd… I'm betting that Tiger is one deep cat. :)— March 5, 2010 7:50 p.m.
Peanut and Tiger
Little Peanut is adorable. Too bad the goshdarn Reader's cutting off half of Tiger.— March 5, 2010 7:07 p.m.
Found a Peanut
Hitler couldn't give a s***. He's all about the Oscars right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNyVxx1JaYk&featur…— March 5, 2010 4:15 p.m.
Work for a Government and Rake in Bucks
Re #92: I take it you saw this, Pete? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/15/gov-rick… It's not a new idea. http://www.texassecede.com/ And it wouldn't be the first time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Secession_Move…— March 5, 2010 3:43 p.m.
Work for a Government and Rake in Bucks
Re #52: Richmond? You pull out RICHMOND, SP? That would explain the salary. Richmond is right next to Oakland. I won't even go down there. Anybody who's a cop in Richmond deserves every dime s/he gets, and better hope they live long enough to spend it.— March 5, 2010 3:35 p.m.
Work for a Government and Rake in Bucks
Re #89: Texas is so darn big, it has elements of both. It'd be just as hard not to identify the deserts of West Texas as part of the American West as it would be to deny the colonial mansions of Houston as part of the South. With regard to geography, Ft. Worth is often regarded as the dividing line. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas With regard to dialect, native Texans traditionally don't have the same dialect as the Deep South. Texans tend to have the Inland Southern dialect that you find extending OVER the Deep South and into places like Tennessee and Kentucky.— March 5, 2010 3:15 p.m.
Fairy Gothmother
*sigh* Thanks for posting that, Barb. I thought that was probably the case. Don't ya just love posting stuff you've created on the internet? It's kind of like watching the fall of Western Civilization, encapsulated on a web page. It all starts out well and good, but then things go horribly wrong, very quickly. 1. Idea/Inspiration. 2. Implementation/Building phase. 3. Editing/Refinement. 4. Presentation to general public. 5. Initial, brief acknowledgement of your Dandy New Thingy. 6. As the crowd gathers around it, fights break out and pissing contests ensue. 7. After entire area around your creation has been turned into one big toilet and grafitti has been applied, crowd gets bored with its ego-driven SELF and goes home. That IS why you became a writer, right? The respect?— March 5, 2010 9:21 a.m.
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SPAM ALERT.— March 4, 2010 10:54 p.m.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I actually own this DVD. Didn't know what it was when I purchased it based on the reviews (at Big Lots for $3), but I was pleasantly surprised. The chorus to this song stayed in my head for days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV0tguuYsJ8&featur…— March 4, 2010 10:46 p.m.